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browjans

browjans noun: bits; fragments.

Noun

browjans pl (plural only)

  1. (Cornwall, plural, plural-only) Bits; fragments.
    • All I can tell 'ee es, the shep come en 'pon the Cowloe, an' scat all to scubmow, an' the browjans was all about the cove an' washin' up 'pon our caunse!2010, George Pritchard, editor, Angletwitch and Poppydock, page 46
    • 'Too much of it is browjans.'
      'What are those?'
      'Sorry, that's Cornish. Fragments, I should have said. But if there's not enough, I'm going to redesign it.'2025, Allison Montclair, An Excellent Thing in a Woman

Questions about browjans

What does browjans mean?
Browjans means bits; fragments.
What part of speech is browjans?
Browjans is a noun.

Words near browjans in the dictionary

  1. Browers
  2. browful
  3. browfuls
  4. browing
  5. browis
  6. browjans
  7. browless
  8. browlift
  9. browlifts
  10. browline
  11. browlines

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